Prime minister to join devolution talks in Northern Ireland as citizens have been without a government for two years
Boris Johnson will use his first visit to Northern Ireland as prime minister to call for the restoration of devolved government.
He is scheduled to meet representatives from the five parties attempting to reach agreement on power-sharing at Stormont. The trip is the final leg of Mr Johnson's whirlwind tour of the UK, having spent Monday in Scotland and Tuesday in Wales.Ahead of his visit to Northern Ireland, the prime minister said:"The people of Northern Ireland have now been without an Executive and Assembly for two years and six months - put simply, this is much, much too long.
"I'm pleased to meet each of Northern Ireland's party leaders today to stress that I am going to do everything in my power to make the ongoing talks to restore devolution a success."
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